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a place where shares in companies are bought and sold, or the organization of people whose job is to do this buying or selling<br />
Bolsa de valores |
Stock exchange
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A country in development
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Third-World Country
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a right to sell a company's products in a particular area using the company's name:
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Franchise
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a small, coloured, often round piece ofplastic, wood, glass, etc. with a holethrough it. It is usually put on a stringwith a lot of others to make jewellery:
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Beads
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a brown or black insect that makes short, loud noises by rubbingits wings together
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Cricket
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Testigos de Jehová
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Jehová's witness
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Choque cultural
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A clash of cultures
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a person with no home, job, or money who travels around and asks for money from other people
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A tramp
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Evitar a alguien
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To give a wide berth to someone
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Los ricos y los pobres
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The haves and the have nots
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the situation in which large numbers of educated and very skilled people leave their own country to live awork in another one where pay and conditions are better
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Brain drain
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<br />
a small factory where workers are paid very little and work many hours in very bad conditions |
Sweatshop
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Acciones y bonos ( del gobierno )
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shares and bonds
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someone who plays football,especially as a job
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Footballer
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an occasion when a group of peoplego on the internet at the same time to study and discuss something
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webinar
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saying what you think without trying to be polite or considering other people's feelings:
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Blunt
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to become or make something typical of the US or US culture:
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Americanize
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the countries of Africa, South America, and Asia that have less developed industries:
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Third-world country
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a country with little industrial and economic activity and where people generally have low incomes:
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Developing country
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What is the most important for me is.. (Phrasal Verb)
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What stands out for me is...
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willingness to accept behaviour and beliefs that are different from your own, although you might not agree with or approve of them:
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Tolerance
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a rude or offensive word:
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Swearword
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One thing that make me angry or anxious or stressed out
Phrasal Verb |
One thing that gets on my nerves
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a street where the most important shops and businesses in a town are:
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The High Streets
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someone who is given or sold a franchise
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Franchisee
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There's no oportunity for...
(Phrasal Verb) |
There's no room for (individuality)
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To lose an opportunity
(Phrasal Verb) |
To miss out on something
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To rise, to grow, to develop, to expand
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To flourish
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Without character
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Bland
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Al lado de (Establecimiento)
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The cafe ( next door)
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extremely intelligent or skilled:
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Brilliant
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a person who regularly goes to watch films at the cinema
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Cinemagoer
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approximately:
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Roughly
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to expect or think that something will happen:<br />
to be, appear, take part or to be included |
to figure
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come to the people's attention become apparent.
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Surface
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An advantage
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The plus
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a large permanent area for public entertainment, with entertaining activities and big machines to ride on or play games on, restaurants, etc., sometimes all connected with a single subject
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A theme park
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one of the equal parts that the ownership of a company is divided into and that can be bought by members of the public
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Shares
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An official paper given by government or a company to show that you have lent them money that they will pay back to you at a particular interest rate
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Bond
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to attack a place with continuous shooting or bombs:
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to Bombard
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<br />
<br /> a continuous attack on a place withguns or bombs |
Bombardment
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a person who has come to a different country in order to live there permanently
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Immigrate<br />
immigrant |
to leave a country permanently and go to live in another one
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Emigrate
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consisting of, or relating to various different races
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Multi-ethnic
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involving several different countries, or (of a business) producing and selling goods in several different countries:
Company which has many franchises throughout the world |
Multinational
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Many people of different cultures live together
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Cultural Diversity
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a particular company that buys and sells goods and services
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A business
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a large company or group of companies that is controlled together as a single organization:
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A corporation
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the amount of money and comfort people have in a particular society
Relating with all the physic things you have |
Standard of living
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the manner in which a person lives:
How you live your life |
Way of life
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the length of time for which a person, animal, or thing exists
Life expectancy but in humans |
Lifespan
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a large building that is divided into apartments
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Blocks of flats
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a long, high bridge, usually held up by many arches, that carries a railway or a road over a valley:
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Viaduct
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land that was under the sea or was in a very poor condition, but has been improved so that it can be used for farming or building on:
Piece of land next to the river or the sea that is abandoned and someone comes and takes iit |
Reclaimed land
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Land with many trees
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Green-belt land
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containing too many people or things:
Many people living in a small place |
Overcrowding
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an area in or on the edge of a city, in which poor people live in small, very cheaply built houses
Cambuche |
Shanty town
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Sky-high prices or charges are very hig
Very expenses prices in houses |
Sky-high property prices
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the spread of a city into the area surrounding it, often without planning:
Negative connotation (When the city is expanding and becomes very chaotic) |
Urban sprawl
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the condition of being extremely dirty and unpleasant, often because of lack of money
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Squalor<br />
squalid |
availability of buildings for people to live in:
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Availability of housing
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the basic systems and services, such as transport and power supplies, that a country or organization uses in order to work effectively:
Electricity network sewage system |
infrastructure
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Knock down old buildings
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Demolition of old builings
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Edificio de gran altura
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High-rise buildings
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an area, especially in a town, where it is very dangerous to go, usually because a group of people who have weapons prevent the police, army, and other people from entering
Parts of the city that are very dangerous |
No-go areas
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a very poor and crowded area, especially of a city
Poor neighborhood |
Slums
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To have something inside ( contain) for example a car
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To house
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To increase at the same speed and by the same amount as something else<br />
have the same level<br /> pay attention to.. |
Keep up with something (Phrasal)
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District of Columbia
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D.C
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The maximum of something
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Of up to (Phrasal Verb)
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Leading to
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Drive
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(of plans or people) not practical or silly:
Not sofisticated A ridiculous idea |
Hare brained
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Demolishion
synonim of pull down |
Knock down
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to suggest or think of an idea or plan:
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Coming up with ( Phrasal )
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Logic
Best Option having an understanding of a situation: |
Sensible
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sedes de una corporación
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Branches
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too blocked or crowded and causing difficulties
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Congestion
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Not afraid of taking risks.
Certain to Create controversy |
Bold
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Completely new, not yet used
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Brand new
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The size, level or amount of something
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Scale (of change)
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An unexpected or unplanned result of a situation or event
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Side effect
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To start something without using anything that existed or was prepared before
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To build something from scratch
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To prepare a written document such as a list or contract
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To draw up
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To force prices to go to extremely high levels
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To drive prices sky-high
Driven the price sky-high |
To increase to a higher level
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To head upwards
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To produce in large numbers using machinery, so that each object is the same and can be sold cheaply.
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To mass-produce
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To use something as a model in order to build something similar
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To use something as a template
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is a rapid transit railway with the tracks above street level on a viaduct or other elevated structure (usually constructed of steel, concrete, or brick)
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Elevated train
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below the surface of the earth; below ground:
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Underground
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a building with a roof and sides made of glass, used for growing plants that need warmth and protection:
(Tunja casas de plastico) |
Green-houses
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a gas that causes the greenhouse effect, especially carbon dioxide
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Green-house gas
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a gas with no smell or colour, often used as a fuel:
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Methane
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any of several simple gaseous compounds that contain carbon, chlorine, fluorine, and sometimes hydrogen, that are used as refrigerants, cleaning solvents, and aerosol propellants and in the manufacture of plastic foams, and that are believed to be a major cause of stratospheric ozone depletion —abbreviation CFC
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chlorofluorocarbon
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London's underground train system:<br />
Anothey way of say television<br /> tubos que succionan en la ciudad coreano |
Tube
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a railway system in which electric trains travel through tunnels below ground:
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Subway US<br />
Underground UK |
to make something bad such as pain or problems less severe:
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alleviate
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Cambiar algo por algo mejor<br />
yo give one characteristic to something |
Render
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extremely brave and showing no fear of dangerous situations:
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Intrepid
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¿something that is used as a pattern for producing other similar things:
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Template
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a result that your plans or actions are intended to achieve:
Final result you want to get |
Aim
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able to be bought or rented by people who do not earn a lot of money:
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Affordable
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a place, especially including buildings, where a particular activity happens:
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Facility
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to deal successfully with a difficult situation:
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To cope with
To tackle |
used to show that you think a word that is used to describe someone or something is not suitable or not correct:<br />
used to introduce a new word or phrase that is not yet known by many people:<br /> a name that is not correct but people use every day |
So-called
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having an effect that is opposite to the one intended or wanted:
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Counterproductive
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to attack a person in a public place and steal their money:
A person who attack people in public places in order to steal |
Mugger
To Mug |
special words and phrases that are used by particular groups of people, especially in their work..
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jargon
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Language that you learn after other language
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Subsequent language
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(of speech and writing) clear enough to be understood:
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Intelligible
Intelligibility |
When you lose something
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Missed out
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No tiene mucho sentido que....... ing
No parece tener mucho sentido que...... ing |
There isn't much point in_________ ing
There doesn't seem to be much point in ______ ing |
to obey a rule or reach the necessary stated standard, or to do things in a traditional way:
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To conform to
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I rarely go to the cinema ( The idiom is)
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I go to the cinema once in a blue moon
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I have been working very hard (The idiom is)
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I have been working like a dog
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Where is Jane?
She is on the bathroom (The idiom is) |
Where is Jane?
She went to see a man about a dog |
Let's cooperate with our money to buy something ( the idiom is)
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Let's club together
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I don't want to be embarrased in front of many people (The idiom is)
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I don't want to make a fool of myself
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to speak to or behave towards someone as if they are stupid or not important:
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Patronise (UK)
Patronize (US) |
interested in
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be into
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is a difficult business environment to succeed in since potential consumers tend to reduce their purchases of goods and services until the economic situation improves.
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A global financial crisis
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the name of a product or service that is known and sold in all parts of the world by a particular company:
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A global brand
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to finally be in a particular place or situation:
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end up
(phrasal verb) |
generally
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on the whole
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never having happened or existed in the past:
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unprecedented
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an organized plan for doing something, especially something dishonest or illegal that will bring a good result for you:
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scheme
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to invent a plan, system, object, etc., usually using your intelligence or imagination:
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devise
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a vehicle that hangs from and is moved by a cable and transports people up steep slopes
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a cable car
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a new growth of activity or interest in something, especially art, literature, or music:
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renaissance
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to become better:
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Look up
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to be very tall in comparison with someone or something else:
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tower above/over somebody or someone
(phrasal verb) |
If a better situation or an opportunity appens or becomes available unexpectedly or in a way that was not planned:
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To turn up (Phrasal Verb)
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the power to make your own decisions<br />
Voluntad |
volition
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a person who is in charge of a sports game and who makes certain that the rules are followed
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referee
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a period of 1,000 years, or the time when a period of 1,000 years ends:
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millennium (Singular)
Millennia (plural) |
to be much taller than the people or things around you.
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Tower intransitive (phrasal verb )
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To make the arrangements that are necessary for something to happen
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Set up / set something up (phrasal verb)
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If it is successful or has good result it's a
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Pay off (phrasal verb)
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to put your name on a list for something because you want to take part in it.
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To Sign up ( Phrasal Verb )
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to arrive at a place, especially in a way that is unexpected.<br />
Aparecerse así como si nada |
Turn up (Phrasal Verb )
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a mental disorder that makes people unable to communicate properly, or to form relationships
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Autism (uncountable)
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To start doing something or making plans to do something in order to achieve a particular result
Make plans to do something on purpose, not by accident |
Set out to do something
deriberately set out to |
To be very like to do or feel a particular thing.
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to Be bound to Phrasal Verb
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a piece of clothing that you wear in the upper part of your body
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Top
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ill, especially for a short time.
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Unwell
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a situation in which everything is happening in a confused way and nothing is organised or arranged in order.
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Chaos
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to give light to a place or to shine light on something.<br />
alumbrar algo |
Light up (phrasal verb)
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to express a thought, feeling, or idea so that it is understood by other people:<br />
tratar de convencer gente de algo |
convey
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When you go out from a place that has air conditioning to the outside and it's hot you feel:
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A wall of heat
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going to happen soon:<br />
Something waiting for you<br /> A gift that is waiting for you and it's pretended to be received soon |
in store
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extremely and uncomfortably hot:
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Sweltering
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a continuous pain that is unpleasant but not very strong:
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ache
Phrasal Verb |
to try very hard to do something, especially for someone else:<br />
Darlo todo por una persona |
To go out of the way to do something
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Tu put a happy face
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To put on a happy face
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to understand, esp. something difficult:
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Grasp
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Poner algo por encima de otra cosa
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to put above
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to complain, especially about something that does not seem important:
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whinge
Whinging |
not complicated, or not showing a good understanding of culture and fashion<br />
ordinary and no modern |
unsophisticated
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an argument in which both people use angry uncontrolled language and insult each other
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Slanging match
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Cerrar la puerta bruscamente
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Slam the door
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to do something good for someone you have upset, in order to become friends with them again:
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To make (it or something) up to somebody
Phrasal Verb |
to suddenly become very angry and not cool<br />
Idiom |
To lose your cool<br />
loosing your cool |
fine or delicate in meaning or intent; difficult to perceive or understand<br />
sinonimo de sutil |
subtly
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a very large number of something:<br />
Forma de decir muchas cosas |
Myriad
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Buen clima laboral o donde se pueda trabajar cómodamente
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Genuine warmth
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Vivid descriptions, memories, etc. produce very clear, powerful, and detailed images in the mind:
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Vividly
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something that makes you feel nervous and worried:<br />
Un sinónimo de uptight |
strain
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Put your feet in the table
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I rested my feet on a chair
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the bottom part of the foot that touches the ground when you stand or walk, or the bottom part of a shoe that touches the ground, usually not including the heel:
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Sole
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to be silent and refuse to smile or be pleasant to people because you are angry about something that they have done:<br />
Caradura |
Sulk
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To do something without nobody around you realized about that action<br />
Hacerlo discimuladamente |
To tone down (Idiom)
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a person or situation that can suddenly become angry or violent.
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Volatile
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worried or nervous and not able to relax:<br />
estar tenso |
Uptight
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having no problems or not being worried about anything:
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Carefree
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anyone from a limited set:
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whichever
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a synonym of too and very
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overly
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A donde fueres haz lo que vieres (forma de decirlo en ingles)
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When in Rome do as the Romans do
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to become a member of a family, religion, social group etc by becoming the husband or wife of someone who already belongs to it
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To marry into (Phrasal verb)
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Much more into expresing
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<br />
Be+into+ing |
making you think a lot about a subject:<br />
Algo engorroso que te hace pensar mucho |
thought-provoking
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not tending to get anxious about behavior or things that need to be done: Relax<br />
Estar atento pero no afanado por algo |
Laid-back
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to accept something with great interest or enthusiasm:
understand a culture |
Embrace
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to disapprove of something:<br />
To be against something or someone in opinions or acts |
frown on/upon (something)
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No permitir que nadie te engañe
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Don't be fooled
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to refuse to talk about something that angers or worries you:<br />
You don't show emotions<br /> Idiom |
to bottle up something
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To annoy or frustrate one to the point of exasperation.<br />
Sacarle a alguien la rabia hasta que enloquezca<br /> Phrasal Verb |
to drive someone nuts (Phrasal Verb )
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to tell someone about your problems and secrets:
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To open your heart to someone else
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slightly drunk
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Tipsy
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to manage to stop yourself from smiling or laughing:
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To keep a straight face
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to make an unpleasant feeling, such as pain or worry, less strong:
happy that something unpleasant has not happened or has ended: |
To relieve
relieved |
someone who is willing to listen to your problems and give you sympathy, emotional support, and encouragement:
|
to give someone a shoulder to cry on
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to cry a lot:
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Crying your eyes out
He or she was in floods of tears |
If you speak like that, you speak without trying to be polite or considering other people's feelings:
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To speak bluntly
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to finally get an advantage from an argument or disagreement, when it seemed that you would not
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To have the last laugh
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to think that you are better or more important than someone else, or to think that something is not good enough for you
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look down on someone
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Lot of knowledge in ( something)
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Insider
Industry insider sport insider advertising insider |
to tell someone about some information, often because you believe they do not know it or have forgotten it:
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point something out
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To indicate, to show
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Point out
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Is defined as the most advantageous combination of cost, quality and sustainability to meet customer requirements
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Better value for money
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to cover someone with a piece of material in order to protect them:
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To wrap
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easy to understand or simple:<br />
Something clear to the point<br /> algo sencillo de transmitir a otra persona. |
straightforward
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the distance that a vehicle has traveled:
is also the distance a vehicle can travel using a particular amount of fuel the advantage that you can get from a situation: |
Mileage
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the amount of fuel a vehicle uses to travel a particular distance at a particular speed.
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fuel consumption
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not clear, bright, or shiny:<br />
Boring<br /> algo muy simple a la primera vista |
Dull
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hood the metal cover over the part of a car where the engine is:
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Bonnet
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an unusual, exciting, and possibly dangerous activity, such as a trip or experience, or the excitement produced by such an activity:
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Adventures
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to admire and respect someone:
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Look up to someone (Phrasal Verb)
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the public admiration that a person receives as a result of a particular achievement or position in society:
|
Kudos
prestige |
To be accepted by the other people in a group
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To fit in ( Phrasal Verb )
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A group of people who are the same age, social class,etc as yourself
People who are within the same age, range age, social class etc |
peer group
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(the members of) a particular organization:<br />
hermandad de universidad |
Brotherhood
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To not be included in something
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To be left out
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To give yourself the things that you want and make yourself feel warm and comfortable
To give yourself something that you want and that makes you feel happy and special |
To pamper yourself
To Treat yourself |
Con los pies arriba
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with his/her feet up
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Te mereces lo mejor
|
You are worth the best
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the best people in a group or the best type of a particular thing:
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the crème de la crème
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the richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society:
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Elite
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To have the opposite effect to the one intended
|
To backfire
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Irse a toda prisa
|
rush off
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a group of people who have been brought together to discuss a particular subject in order to solve a problem or suggest ideas
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Focus group
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To make the arrangements that are necessary for something to happen
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To set something up
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a person's ability to perceive humour or appreciate a joke.
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Sense of humour
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To praise somebody in order to please them or get something from them, even though you do not mean it
|
To flatter
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to have no more time to do or complete something
|
Tu run out of time
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You describe something as par excellence when it is the best example of its type:
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par excellence
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the act of cleaning floors and other surfaces with a vacuum cleaner (= machine that cleans by sucking up dust and dirt):
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hoovering
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a place where young children are cared for during the day while their parents do something else, especially work, study, or shop:
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crèche
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to cover a door or window with wooden boards:
|
board something up
board up |
to separate or divide, or cause something to separate or divide, often violently:
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Cleav/ Cleft
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an instantenous photograph
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Snapshots
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a single piece of glass in the window of a building
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windowpane
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a round handle that you turn to open a door
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Doorknob
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Subir y bajar los hombros en señal de desinteres
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To shrug
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a main road that goes around the edge of a town, allowing traffic to avoid the town centre:
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Ring road
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a foreign person, usually a young woman, who lives with a family in order to learn their language and who takes care of the children or cleans the house in return for meals, a room, and a small payment
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Au-pair
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making someone feel less confident and slightly frightened:<br />
Desconcertante |
unnerving
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a quality in something that makes people feel happy and positive about their lives, a product, the economy, etc.:
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feelgood factor
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one of the long, straight pieces of wood used to make a floor
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Floorboards
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an act of opposition, sometimes using violence, by many people in one area of a country against those who are in power:
|
Uprising
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a priest of high rank who is in charge of the priests of lower rank in a particular area:
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Bishop
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a feeling of being worried about something:<br />
you cannot relax<br /> con malestar |
Unease
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not hurt or damaged:<br />
Indañable |
Unharmed
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an increase in the amount of something over a period of time:
Acumulate |
To build up
|
Clavar y martillar algo
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Nail something (back) down
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unable to hear, either completely or partly:
|
Deaf
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extremely loud:
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Deafening
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to tell a secret or show your feelings unintentionally:<br />
to supply something at no charge:<br /> Decir un chisme sin querer ( el secreto de la amiga) |
Give something away<br />
(Phrasal Verb) |
strong feelings of fear or worry:<br />
Estar aterrado por un espectro o alguna persona intimidante |
The heebie-jeebies
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a part of the story of a book or play that develops separately from the main story
|
subplot
|
Pagar en prision carcel
To expend in prision |
To service
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Una barra de pan
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A loaf of bread
|
Hacerle la vida imposible a alguien
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To make life impossible for someone
|
to take care of someone and provide a place in your home for them:
|
To take somebody in
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a woman who has lost her good reputation by having sex with someone before she is married
|
A fallen woman
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to make the situation even more unpleasant or difficult:
|
To make matters worse<br />
(idiom) |
the fact of someone or something not succeeding:
|
failure
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someone who causes a person or an animal great mental suffering and unhappiness, or great physical pain:
A person who makes your life a hell |
Tormentor
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To be kidness<br />
tener un buen corazón |
To have a heart of gold
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the bed that someone dies in or is dying in:
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Deathbed
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causing extreme sadness<br />
Causando en el corazón consecuencias como |
Heartbreaking
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making someone feel better:
|
Uplifting
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A strong desire to have or achieve something
|
Aspiration
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To have strict rules controlling an activity or process
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To be heavily regulated
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Informal: to make something or somebody unattractive to people
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To turn people off
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Extremely offended, ashamed or embarrassed<br />
Culpable por algo malo sin pedir disculpas |
Mortified
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Angry or annoyed
to annoy someone by not doing or saying what they want: |
Cross
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Wanting something that someone else has
wishing you had what another person has: |
envious
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Not feeling confident about yourself or your situation in life
To have little confidence and are uncertain about their own abilities or if other people really like them: |
Insecure
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In a very bad situation almost without hope
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Desperate
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Unhappy because you have lost your belief in something
disappointed and unhappy because of discovering the truth about something or someone that you liked or respected: |
Disillusioned
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Worried or nervous about something that is going to happen
feeling worried about something that you are going to do or that is going to happen: |
Apprehensive
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Unable to look after yourself or unable to control your situation
unable to do anything to help yourself or anyone else: |
Helpless
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Very tired or deeply upset<br />
broken into very small pieces |
Shattered
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Extremely shocked and sad<br />
completely destroyed algo similar a shattered pero no es eso |
Devastated
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Very annoyed or upset by something that is not acceptable
feeling that you have no hope and are ready to do anything to change the bad situation you are in: |
Desperate
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Extremely happy about something
extremely happy: |
Overjoyed
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not at all interested in someone or something.<br />
Completamente desinteresado |
Indifferent
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a helpful or good effect, or something intended to help:
Synonym of advantages |
Benefits
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Strictly controlled
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Heavily regulated
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To watch carefully how people react to something
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To monitor people's responses
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Things which make something not the same as something else<br />
Factores que nos diferencian |
Differentiating factors
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Gently praise
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Subtly flatter
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something that you hope to achieve:
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Aspirations
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to laugh at someone or say unkind things about them, either because you are joking or because you want to upset that person:
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tease
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something serious that should not be joked about.
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No laughing matter
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someone who is willing to listen to your problems and give you sympathy, emotional support, and encouragement:
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A shoulder to cry on
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to suddenly start laughing
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Burst out laughing
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To be crying often or excessively.
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In flood of tears
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the satisfaction of ultimate triumph or success especially after being scorned or regarded as a failure
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The last laugh
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to suddenly start crying:
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Burst into tears
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Extremely bored to the point of distraction, frustration, or irritation.
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Bored to tears
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going to cry soon
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Close to tears<br />
(Idiom) |
to cry very hard
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cry ( her his) eyes out.
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To stop or eliminate something.
To kill oneself, someone, or something. |
do away with (someone, something, or oneself)
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to join together temporarily with another person in order to do something:
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To pair up with (Phrasal Verbs)
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to never think about something because you believe it will always be available or stay exactly the same:
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take something for granted (phrasal verb )
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If a person's arms are ..., they are bent at the elbows (= the middle part of the arms where they bend) with the hands on the hips:
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Akimbo
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Synonym of until now
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So far
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stiff (informal) = extremely scared.
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Scared stiff
(Example: I was scared stiff of going down those cellar steps.) |
the person with the most authority in a large company
CEO |
CEO = Chief Executive Officer
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the amount of money that a company gets from sales during a particular period:<br />
(Las ganancias y las profits) |
Turnover
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excellent The best of the best
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top-notch (fashion designer)
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cheap quality or in bad style:
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tacky
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limited to only one person or group of people:
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Exclusive
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a fact that everyone knows:
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Common
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intended for people who want very good quality products and who do not mind how much they cost:
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High-end
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A product that is designed and is intended to be bought by as many people as possible, not just by people with a lot of money or a special interest:
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mass-market
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Another way of say pounds
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Quid
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something that is used to attract customers' attention, and encourage them to buy a product or service:
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Hook
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a product, business, or idea that makes a lot of money:<br />
Money circulating in big numbers |
High-value money spinners<br />
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llaveros
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keychains
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to always want to own the same expensive objects and do the same things as your friends or neighbours, because you are worried about seeming less important socially than they are
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To keep up with the Joneses
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Another way of say: apart from that
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But other than that
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to give a price, especially one that will be charged for doing a piece of work:<br />
- to repeat the words of someone else. |
Quote
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Another way of say: The classic
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The good old
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sometimes, but not regularly:
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From time to time
Often times |
unwilling to spend money; small in amount:
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Stingy
penny pinching Tight fisted |
a situation in which a company tries to advertise its products in connection with a big public event, without paying any money, although they are not the official sponsor:
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Ambush marketing
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advertising a product in such a way that people are not aware that you are trying to persuade them to buy it:
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Stealth marketing
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A form of brand or advertising campaign that involves a well-known person using their fame to help promote a product or service
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Celebrity endorsement
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feeling guilty or embarrassed about something you have done or about a quality in your character:
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Ashamed
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very worried, nervous, or angry:<br />
Herido y por lo tanto enojado y nervioso |
wound-up
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feeling extreme dislike or disapproval of something until the point of get mad
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Disgusted
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in a state of stress or anxiety because of having too much to do
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Under a lot of pressure
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to feel sympathy for someone because they are in a difficult or unpleasant situation<br />
Tener lastima de alguien |
Sorry for himself/herself
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earlier (than a particular time):<br />
De antemano |
Beforehand
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When you cannot get into your house because the door is locked and you do not have your keys.
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To lock yourself out
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to take care of someone or something and make certain that they have everything they need
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To look after someone
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to happen in a particular way or to have a particular result, especially an unexpected one:
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To turn out to be (Phrasal Verb )
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with flying colors If you do something such as pass an exam with flying colours, you do it very successfully.
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With Flying colours
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To blush
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To keep going red
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ato laugh at someone or something in a silly and often unkind way without hiding any of your thoughts or feelings:<br />
Reuse a grito entero |
Sniggering openly
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to say officially that something cannot be accepted because it has not been done in the correct way: Football Match
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To disallow
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If something happens out of the blue, it is completely unexpected:
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Out of the blue
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a remark that expresses approval, admiration, or respect:<br />
Cuando se destaca algo de una persona se llama |
Compliment
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to be right for a particular person, situation, or occasion:
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To suit
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a tool for breaking hard surfaces, with a long wooden handle and a curved metal bar with a sharp point<br />
Una piqueta |
Pickaxe
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a tool consisting of a piece ofmetal with a flat end that is fixed onto the end of a long, thin, usually wooden handle, used for hitting things
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Hammer
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to become very angry:<br />
<br /> a sudden period of uncontrolled angerlike a young child's |
To throw a fit/ Tantrum
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is a derogatory term aimed at children who exhibit behavioral problems from being overindulged by their parents.
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Spoilt child
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in football, a small, thing that is shown by the referee
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A red car
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To put into prision (Phrasal Verbs )
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To lock someone up
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The way in someone speaks in public <br />
la forma en que da la información que quiere dar a entender |
Delivery
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to laugh at someone or something in a silly and often unkind way
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Snigger
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feeling shocked, usually because of something you were not expecting<br />
Asombrado |
Flabbergasted
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to be unable to decide about something
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be in two minds
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Longer than normal
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Enlongated
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Something that increase your awareness of a place or situation
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A real-eye opener
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Using very few words in a way that seems rude
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Brusque
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To be covered or wrapped in something
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Enveloped in
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To show your true feelings openly
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Wear their heart on their sleeves
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To be so interested in something that you don't notice anything else
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Deeply engrossed in
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Showing a complete lack of respect for someone
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With disdain
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To return to your normal routine
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To get back into the swing of things
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